Truth to Power

Scary

Scary account of a pair of French journalists kidnapped in Iraq. And they learned a bit about America’s chances in the war:

“One of our jailers told us they have four enemies,” he said. “American soldiers and other coalition members, collaborators, which meant businessmen – Italian, American or even French – who are working there, the Iraqi police and spies.” Any new Iraqi government, he said, will be viewed as an enemy, just as the Americans – and even secular Arab leaders – are viewed. The group’s main goals are far from modest. They want to defeat America in Iraq, drive a wedge between Europe and America and “overthrow the Arab leaders in Egypt and Saudi Arabia and return to the caliphate (Islamic rule) from Andalusia (Spain) to China.”

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